Photos (L to R): Malcolm Plant ’71 hanging out on the Amazon; Eric Thomas ’75, Noah Rifkin ’75, and Scott LeFevre ’75 at a rendezvous in San Francisco way, way, way back in the 1980s
class notes…
All is well, and I am enjoying my new freedom: Bikram yoga, skiing (poorly), still gigging (guitar and vocals), lifting weights (whenever I can find the time), and, oh yeah, training the new addition to the family, Loki (5-month-old mini-Australian shepherd). He is too cute, extremely smart, and living up to his namesake, the Norse god of mischief and cunning. Hope to make the Reunion—regards to all.”
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RYAN BECKHAM’s younger daughter, Annie, will enter Thacher as a freshman in the fall. He shares, “We are very excited to stay connected to the School and to have her experience many of the same traditions and venues I have so enjoyed. We celebrated living in Paso Robles for 20 years and continue to love the Central Coast. Come visit!” JIM COVER is now living in San Clemente, Calif. He is still practicing law and is also spending a lot of his time on political activities. Check out www.WeSurroundThemOC.com. REUBEN HALLER, professional clown, writes, “I performed in Hangzhou, China, last October on a 12-day tour. The Chinese kids were a bit shy at first but warmed up to us fast. Their parents were absolutely obsessed with getting photos of their kids with the performers. Parents routinely interrupted funny moments or wonderful interactions to get everyone to pose. So posing became comedy! I like the Chinese food better in San Francisco, but humor is universal.” RANDOLPH HEAD became chair of the University of California Riverside’s history department in January 2010. Randy feels these are “perilous times for our public universities! Wish us all luck as the state decimates its higher education system.” HARRY HANSON left Choate Hall & Stewart to join The Feinberg Law Group, LLC, in Wellesley, Mass., as a partner. He shares, “After 25 years in downtown Boston, including 10 wonderful years with Choate, I thought it was time to take a look at life from the entrepreneur’s perspective. FLG currently has eight lawyers with an exclusive focus on the representation of high-growth technology companies and their related investors in connection with finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic commercial and IP-licensing arrangements, executive compensation, and corporate governance.” THOMAS MORGAN felt a little communication was in order. He says things are always changing and, regarding Citizen Auto Stage Company/Gray Line Tours, he is “still running the family business (founded by Gramps in 1916), and it has been a tough year. Things are improving, but transportation and tours were hit hard by the economic slump. Divorced recently, both kids living with me, and every day is a new adventure in testosterone (two boys, 16 and 21 years of age).
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PETER MATTHEWS attended meetings in Washington, D.C., in November, 2009, to discuss his WORKFORUM proposal. Peter reports, “The day started with staff-level meetings at Pennsylvania Senators Arlen Specter and Bob Casey’s offices in the Senate office buildings. Then I met with the president of the Council on Competitiveness and several of her VPs for a spirited exchange. The Council has invited me to join their board, a round-table of CEOs and university presidents, which sounds very interesting. In past weeks, I have been communicating with the staff of Vice President Biden’s economics advisor, who has been giving the updates on the stimulus bill. Interestingly, before leaving for Asia, Obama announced they would hold a job creation ‘forum’ or summit. While their urgent concern is to address the immediate crisis, my focus is more on the long-term challenge.” DONALD OSBORNE was very excited to be leading a five-day camp in east Texas in April, inviting 60-plus participants to pursue their passions while taming their fears, doubts, and anxiety, called “The Journey of the Enlightened Entrepreneur.” JOSHUA ROSENBLATT is excited to have landed a new job with IBM, writing references and case studies, and working out of his home office in Easthampton, Mass. His wife, Kate, is working at Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Northampton—an upscale kitchen and cooking supply store. Their oldest daughter, Sarah, graduates from RPI next month with an architecture degree and will be attending Columbia in New York City next year for a master’s in historic preservation. Their other daughter, Ali, is in her second year at Sarah Lawrence and will be studying abroad next year—Cuba in the fall and possibly Ghana in the spring. Joshua reports they are all healthy and happy. FRED BURROWS was appointed the new resident director for Merrill Lynch in Santa Barbara, Calif. Fred writes, “Having started my career on Wall Street with Merrill Lynch in Los Angeles, it is great to be back!” He lives in Summerland with his two children—Henry, 17, and Katherine, 14. KENDRIC FOULTZ shares, “I am enjoying catching up with Toads through Facebook and looking forward to our next Reunion, when everyone in our class will be at least 50 years old. That should be a hoot!” MURRAY ORRICK shares, “Besides being a very happy husband and dad to my three girlies, I have been very involved with music and entertainment for the last few years; producing, writing, recording, singing, and playing in a wide variety of situations, which suits me quite well. The most significant project that I am involved in right now is “Let’s Go Green—Inspiring Young Minds
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We look forward to seeing some of you at some point in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, life is good.” MALCOLM PLANT writes, “Ann and I are still very happily married and living in Berkeley, Calif. We have got one son, Hayden, at UC Santa Barbara and another, Elliot, at Marin Academy in San Rafael. Both considered Thacher, but frankly, I would not have missed having them at home for their high school years for the world. Elliot and I just spent a wonderful week touring East Coast colleges. He was particularly enamored with Princeton, though Tufts and Brown are running a close second. If anyone has a secret way of getting someone into one of these three, let me know.”